Camera.



C. BORNMANN.

,CAMERA.

APPLICATION mm MAY 6. 19m.

Patented Jan. 16,1917.

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- I i I v -App1ication filed May 6,1916. Serial N0.95,76 2.

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BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION ortnn'w YORK. i

' To all whom itmayconccrh:

Be it known that I," Q BLBoRNMANm-a citizen of't'he United'states, and a resident of the city of Binghamton, county of Broome, and State-of New York, have in' in Cameras, of which the following is a "specification, reference being had to the ac companying drawings; n

This invention, while especiallyf adapted to small folding or collapsible cameras,'is1

also adapted: to cameras of 'largersizes, 1,

Thepurpose of ftheinvention'is to provide I folding camera with ineans whereby the lens and co-acting parts willbe*automat1- eally 'broughtito proper position for making ,exposures bysimply pressing suitable push frame; The otherjend'of the post will be? suitably bored asat 10'to receivea plunger b'uttonsor otherwisfeieleasing the confining. dev1oes.-

Referring tothe drawings, Figure '1 is a side elevationof a camera embodying my invention Fig. 2 is a front View, partly in 7 section, on the line2-2 of'Fig, ,1, looking in the directionof the arrow; Fig. 3 is aplan View of the forward part of the bellowsand oo-acting parts partly in-section and on the line 33 of Fig. l, lookingin the direction; ofthe arrow Figs. 4; andi5 areviews,partly I atothecornpan on arm 5 movesth'rough a'simiin elevation and partly in section, 7 illustrat 7 ing details of construction;

In the drawings, l'represents the-body of the camera,2 the bellows, 3 (see'Fig; 3)fthe ward end of the-"bellows, etc.; The rear or inner ends, of thesearms 5 are supported upon two postso6, 6, which extend transversely across the camera adjacent to but'in front of the spoolcha'mbers.- I

7 aresprings which encircle the posts 6,

one end of each of whichtakes bearing upon-one of the arms5, the other end upon somesuitable rigid part of the structure in a manner well known. These posts may be journaled in the frame of the camera box in such manner as preferred, but I have found the following methods desirable. v

'Referring first to the construction "shown in Fig. 4, a bearing8'will be made upon one end of each post 'adap'tedtoenter into and properly engage rin'alrecess 9 made in the 11 supportedvupona spring 12, the arrange, ment being suchthatthespring will nor- -for that end ofthe post." 'that underithis construction the postcan be rented certain new and'useful Improvements f p 7 camera.

; ends with headed shaped bracket. swinging ends are each CAMERA.-

mallyproject the.plungerinsuch'mannerf as t to cause its outer end, to engage in a suitable recess made in'the frame-t0 'acti'as a journal Another niethod is illustratedin Fig.- 5,1 1

of the screw being preferably squared, so as to constitute a bearingfor that end.

v The arms 5, 5, are provided at their outer U shaped bracket l7 fastened to the frame or front; boardofthe lens casing. It will be It will be noted pins, "or their equivalent, 15, which move through slots l6imade -in a which one'end of the post is proi idedwith; I "the same projecting'bearing 8 entering are cess in the frame asibefore, but thefother endof the post has a threaded hole'made p therein, in which a screw 13 threads, which screw passes through a hole 14 made inthe frame of the camera,the,edgesrof the head noted that the screws illustrated in Fig, 3 Y

may bewbeneficially:used'as and for'the pins 1 5, and thatthe screw orpin which pertains to one of the arms 5v-moves through the slot 16 made-sin one-member of the U-shaped bracket while-the'pin or screw that pertains lar'slot in the opposite member of the U- The armsat their outer or rectangular shoulder 17 (see FigsQl'and-3) which bear resp'ectively'against the exposed edges of the respectivemembers of the U- shaped bracket and thus-co-acting with the springs 7 automatically cause the lens casing'and co-acting parts to assume and mainlip or latch likepart 19 within the camera provided With I a taina correct positionparallel with the focal or confining devices, inthe-instanceshown,

which engage with" suitable parts of the the "camera is folded V or collapsed and thu hold it closed. p

The operation is'as follows The amera movablefronti board or lens cas g 'W I or their equivalents," aremanipulated in such "manner as toreleasethe vforwardly projectable parts. Thereuponthe springs 7, 7, exerting their action uponthe "arms 5, 5, immediately project the lens and shutter casing andthe bellows, which are attached thereto, during whichv operation therpins 15 move respectively through their appropriate slots 16 made in the U-shaped bracket 17. When thelimit of movement has been reached, the

little shoulders 17 on the swinging ends 'of the arms take their bearing, as described, against the edges of the U-shaped bracket andinsure the proper position ot the lens c in t f elplene- V r f It; will be noted; that this operation is nd shutter 'mechanism relative to practically instantaneous, without any care 7 on the part of or aQt tobe performed bythe operator. lhe exposure may thereupon be made. The possibility of thus rapidly V removing the camera from the pocket of vtheoperator and quickly adjusting it for proper and successful use is of great value,

' 1 especially to those persons who have occa-:

sion to use cameras of thisclass under pe- "culiar circumstances, as, for instance, for

detective work, orpolice work,'in the taking. vof snapv shots, of sporting events, and in many other instances where no time is adjustment ofthe'apparatujs.

Iclaim: 7 1.;In a folding camera proylded with a allowed for. the arrangementand orderly bellows, lens casing and. co-acting I parts,

spring 1 actuated arms pivotally supported at one. end upon the camerabodyand slidably engaged at their other end "with the lens, supportlng structure and adapted to 7 project the lens and bellows, and means upon the camera: body to hold the parts when closed against the: 'stressof the springs. 2.111 a folding camera provided witha V bellows, lens casing and co-acting parts,

spring actuated arms ,pivotally supported at i one end upon the camera body and engag-V floppies cums patent m be obtained; for

ing the lens casing at their other ends,

shoulders on the free ends of the arms adapted when extended to. engage some part a of the lens casing and thus determine the position of the lens as projected, and means upon the camera body to hold the parts when closed against the stress of the springs.

3. In folding camera-providedwith a bellows, lens casing and co-acting parts,

spring actuated arms pivotally supported at one end upon the camera body and engaging the lens casingat; their other ends, slotted brackets on the lens casing, pins on the free endsof the arms which work in the slots of the brackets and, means upon'the camera bodylto hold the parts when closed against the stress of the springs. I r

4. 1311 a-folding; camera, provided with a bellows, lens casing. and, co -acting parts,

spring actuated arms pivotallyf supported at one end upon} the camera body, *U-shaped brackets. upon the lens. casing, each member of which brackets is slotted, a pin, upon the, free end of each arm, which works .in

the slot in one of the membersof each U-, shaped bracket; and means upon the. camera body to hold the parts when closed-against the stressjof the springs,

In a foldingcamera provided bellows, lens casing and cofacting parts,

spring actuated arms pivotally supported at one'end; upon the camera'- bodyand engaging' the lens. casing at "their? other ends,

shoulders upon the free ends of the arms and co-acting parts to assume andmaintain positions parallelrtorthat of the focal plane of the camera andameans upon. the camera body to hold the partswhen closed against the stress of the springs. v In testimony whereof I have signed my name to,this specificationi, r V 3 CARL BORNMANN.

five cents' each, by addressing the (lommisummer: of Patents, Washington, D. C, V i V r V r which automatically cause thelens casing i 

